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Conclusion
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Abstract
The conclusion draws together the main questions which have emerged throughout the book. Firstly: why, in a period leading up to a war against Fascism and during the war itself, did MI5 remain so intensely concerned with the surveillance of Communists. Moreover, why did this surveillance continue and even intensify after the Soviet Union had entered the war in June 1941? Secondly, the chapter attempts to evaluate how successful, or indeed, how necessary, MI5's surveillance of German and Austrian anti-Nazi refugees actually was. If the first two questions are historical, the third brings us back to the present: why has this particular surveillance operation, undoubtedly a costly one in terms of manpower and effort, not become part of the official history of MI5, failing to find a mention, for example, in Christopher Andrew's official centenary study, The Defence of the Realm?
Abstract
The conclusion draws together the main questions which have emerged throughout the book. Firstly: why, in a period leading up to a war against Fascism and during the war itself, did MI5 remain so intensely concerned with the surveillance of Communists. Moreover, why did this surveillance continue and even intensify after the Soviet Union had entered the war in June 1941? Secondly, the chapter attempts to evaluate how successful, or indeed, how necessary, MI5's surveillance of German and Austrian anti-Nazi refugees actually was. If the first two questions are historical, the third brings us back to the present: why has this particular surveillance operation, undoubtedly a costly one in terms of manpower and effort, not become part of the official history of MI5, failing to find a mention, for example, in Christopher Andrew's official centenary study, The Defence of the Realm?
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
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Part I I spy 1933–39
- 1 Defending the realm 9
- 2 Liddell in Wonderland 16
- 3 The undesirables 20
- 4 The mysterious case of Dora Fabian 29
- 5 Nazi spies and the ‘Auslandsorganisation’ 44
- 6 No more peace 55
- 7 Flying and spying 63
- 8 ‘The Red Menace’ 79
- 9 ‘Peace for our time’ 90
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Part II Secrets, lies and misinterpretations
- 10 ‘A state of confusion which at times amounted almost to chaos’ 99
- 11 The internment of ‘enemy aliens’ 103
- 12 ‘The largest Communist sideshow in London’ 115
- 13 The Austrian Centre – and ‘the great Eva’ 128
- 14 ‘About the most dangerous of all these organisations’ 142
- 15 Whispers and lies 157
- 16 Friends in need 173
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Part III Preparing for the Cold War
- 17 Red alert 187
- 18 ‘Tube Alloys’ 193
- 19 The spy who was caught 196
- 20 The spy who got away 210
- 21 Parting company 222
- Conclusion 232
- A note on sources 240
- Select bibliography 244
- Index 248
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
-
Part I I spy 1933–39
- 1 Defending the realm 9
- 2 Liddell in Wonderland 16
- 3 The undesirables 20
- 4 The mysterious case of Dora Fabian 29
- 5 Nazi spies and the ‘Auslandsorganisation’ 44
- 6 No more peace 55
- 7 Flying and spying 63
- 8 ‘The Red Menace’ 79
- 9 ‘Peace for our time’ 90
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Part II Secrets, lies and misinterpretations
- 10 ‘A state of confusion which at times amounted almost to chaos’ 99
- 11 The internment of ‘enemy aliens’ 103
- 12 ‘The largest Communist sideshow in London’ 115
- 13 The Austrian Centre – and ‘the great Eva’ 128
- 14 ‘About the most dangerous of all these organisations’ 142
- 15 Whispers and lies 157
- 16 Friends in need 173
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Part III Preparing for the Cold War
- 17 Red alert 187
- 18 ‘Tube Alloys’ 193
- 19 The spy who was caught 196
- 20 The spy who got away 210
- 21 Parting company 222
- Conclusion 232
- A note on sources 240
- Select bibliography 244
- Index 248
